Bottle-opener.



T. H. LOW.

BOTTLE OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15. 191:.

Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

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ends of the opener meet preferably at 6.

' The wire is of such resiliency as not to seriously interferewith the rigidity of the lever arm.

The opener is unique in being operable by horizontal pressure of gripping, the hand grasping the bottle neck and opener. Thus, in lifting up thebottle by its neck its weight as Well as the natural grip of the fingers and the purchase gained by the grasp of the bottle neck' assist in lifting the cap. Thus, a waiter while holding the tray in one hand is enabled to open bottles with the other hand as well as serve their contents. Moreover, bottles may be decapped without removing them from their cases or from the table. There is no lost motion or movement of the arm necessary, merely a tightening of the fingers around bottle neck so that the contents of the bottle are undisturbed, which makes it especially advantageous for ale. All danger of chipping is overcome, since the cap is lifted by gradual pressure and all contact of the nib with the retaining bead is avoided. The lever arm can be increased to any desired extent by extending the handle. Moreover, the improved opener is hygienic, since there is no necessity for the hand being near the bottle mouth, while the cap, being held by the opener, cannot drop on the floor.

Various forms of self-locking heads and of means for locking various forms of nibs in place as well as swinging the heads of openers by the hand operating the openers clear of the bottle month are shown in Figs. 3 to 5.

Fig. 3 shows a different shaped head and handle. Here the head 8 does not encircle the cap flange nor grip it. The nib 9 may be bent upward to prevent slipping. The cross piece 10 is fastened under the head to raise the pivot around which the nib swings clear of the bead. The ends 11 of this cross piece may be bent down to grip the cap flange and if necessary bent back to enable such gripping point to lie back of the center of the cap. The end of the handle is opened for the purpose of gripping the bottle neck in the adjusted position. The extreme ends flare out ate12 to guide the gripping portion 13 and insure the ends being in position around the bottle neck before the pressure to raise the cap is applied. As soon as the cap is raised the gripping portion 0 springs around the neck at such tension and angle as tends to cause the gripping portion to assume a right angle position around the bottle neck, and relieve the tension. Thus the head is swung clear of the bottle mouth. The tension of the gripping arm will also cause the handle to ride up on a tapering neck, as well as enable the opener to hang on the bottle after use.

In Fig. 4 two hooks 14 hook under the inner edge of the flange so as to lock them in place. Since the ends of the head are open, the resiliency of the wire allows the hooks to accommodate themselves to various sizes of caps. The wire of the head extends downward at 15 to enable the fingers of the hand to hold the hook the better in engagement with the cap flange. Springs are shown fastened part way down on the handle at 16 to assist in adjusting the holder and hold it to the bottle neck.

Fig. 5 is similar to Fig. 1 except that the handle is shaped to drop loosely over the cap and bottle neck and remain hanging therefrom after the cap has been forced off.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A crown cap remover comprising a handle, a fulcrum point adapted to rest on top of the cap and a head rigidly mounted on said handle and having a nib adapted to fit under the edge of the cap flange, said head extending around a portion of the pecap flange and parts extending therefrom horizontally around at least a semi-circumference of the cap flange then bending up over the top of the cap, such bend being adapted to grip the flange so as to protect the nib from slipping away from the cap flange on exerting horizontal pressure on the handle.

3. A crown cap remover comprising a cap engaging and cap lifting member, and a downwardly disposed operating lever rigid thereto, and means for locking the cap-engaging and cap-lifting member to the bottle cap so as to resist inward pressure tending to force the cap engaging member away from the bottle cap, while leaving the lever arm free.

4. A bottle opener comprising a cap-engaging head, a fulcrum resting on top of the cap and a handle in such angular relation to the head that when the bottle opener is in operative position the handle extends downwardly substantially parallel to the bottle.

5. A bottle opener comprising a cap-engaging head fulcruming on top of the cap and a handle extending downward and spaced from the bottle neck so closely as to be readily grasped by a hand encircling the neiaaoa bottle neck and so far as to keep clear of contact with the bottle neck until the cap has been lifted from the bottle mouth.

6. In a bottle opener, a cap-engaging head locked to the bottle cap against horizontal pressure and having an inwardly disposed nib engaging under the edge of a portion of gripping portion and the cap flange, a fulcrum resting on top of the bottle cap, spaced clear of the cap flange and bottle on the side opposite to the flange-engaging nib and adapted to cause the nib to force a portion of the flange cl ar of the retaining bead on the bottle moutn by horizontal pressure on the outside of the, lever handle.

7. In a bottle opener, a cap-engaging head having an inwardly on top of the cap, and a handle bent down so as to come into contact with the bottle neck immediately after the bottle has been opened, thereby preventing unnecessary movement of the bottle opener after the cap has been lifted.

8. In a bottle opener, a cap-engaging and cap-lifting head with an inwardly disposed nib, a fulcrum resting on top of the cap and a handle spaced from and extending downward along a bottle neck and constituting a bell crank lever adapted to force the cap from the bottle mouth by pressing the handle into contact with the bottle neck.

9. In a bottle opener, a cap-engaging liead having a flange-engaging nib, a fulcrum resting on top of the cap over its outer periphery and a handle rigidly carried on said head extending substantially parallel to the bottle axis.

10.. A crown cap remover comprising a cap engaging and cap lifting member, and a downwardly disposed operating lever arm rigid therewith and adapted to lift the bottle cap by horizontal pressure applied to said ii i b 1 n a ott e opener, a cap-en a 'ng head with a flange-engaging nib, a f ldi'iim' resting on top of the cap and a handle bent downward approximatel parallel with the bottle and means on the liandle for rotating such cap-engagin head clear of the bottle mouth after opening the bottle.

12. In a resilient wire bottle opener, a head having an inwardly disposed ni swaged thereon 'and parts extending around at least a semi-circumference of the cap and bent upward at substantially a right angle to grip the ward toward each other and downward to form a fulcrum on top of the center of the ca and in the same vertical plane as the then upward to form a bell crank lever handle lift the cap by being the bottle.

disposed nib fulcruming' cap outside of the flange and then m a handle and to clear the cap and outward away from the nipping partso as to clear the cap flange and downward in the direction of the bottle axis and spaced from the bottle neck so that the handle and the bottle neck can be easily gripped by the same hand.

13. A crown cap remover having a cap engaging head, a nib engaging under the edge of the cap flange, and a handle bent downward into substantially axial alinement along the diametrically opposite periphery of the capfiange and bottle and adapted to pressed inward toward 14. A crown cap 0 ener comprising a head fulcruming on top 0 engaging under the edge of a portion of cap flange, a lever operating handle bent downward into spaced relation with the opposite side of the cap flange and bottle, and resilient means for yieldingly engaging the cap flange.

15. In a crown cap remover, a cap engaging and cap lifting head, and a lever handle adapted to come into contact with the bottle after the cap has been lifted and to throw the head clear of the bottle mouth after such contact.

16. A crown cap remover comprising a head resting on top of the cap, a nib projecting therefrom so as when in operative position to engage under the edge of a portion of the ca flange, an operating handle bent downwar on the diametrically opposite portion of the cap flange, means to guard the operating handle from binding on the ca and means to prevent the nib from being orced out of operative position on the application of pressure to the outside of the operating handle. v

17. A crown cap remover comprising a cap engaging and cap lifting head fulcruming on the to of the bottle cap and a lever handle depen therefrom adapted for with the bottle after lifting the cap and having its lower end curved outwardly.

18. A crown cap remover com rising a engaging and ca lifting mem er and a downwardly dispose lever handle operable by pressure inward toward the bottle an means to guard the handle against contact b with the bottle until after the cap is lifted.

whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in nesses.

THEQDORE H. LOW.

Witnesses:

C. M. Carma, Geo. S. Livmes'rom the crown stopper and contact 

